Emergency departments, acute heart failure, and admissions: One size does not fit all

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 278-280

  Pang, Peter S ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Heart failure; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BILLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; MALE; UTILIZATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84901691364     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.03.003     Document Type: Editorial

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